Bhaav Yatra.

From Vijayawada, Sheetal Vaidya will go to Kolkata and from there she will return to Ahmedabad. At the end of the journey, she would have completed six months on the road The inspiration for the yatra (pilgrimage) is nothing less then the ‘Bhoodan Yatra’ of Vinoba...

A year ago on 2nd of March I started my Bhaav yatra. The day is significant as it is my grandmother’s death anniversary. In a year’s time so much has undergone transformation, each experience brought understanding and the path to awaken. I had carried the ashes of...

Some touching songs from Vipul Rikhi … From mid-July to beginning of August I was on a yatra with Sheetal Vaidya, who is doing a 6-7 month ‘bhaav yatra‘ in her small Santro Xing car, and I was lucky enough to be part of this journey for 3 weeks. We drove together from...

The bhaav yatra continues. After last years 7 month yatra so many friends were asking about “next bhaav yatra”. The villagers from Somaj-Delwada were repeatedly calling and they wanted to host more friends. I had to give in to their bhaav and decided to take a few...

I took a sabbatical since my last update about Bhubaneshwar, seemed like yatra halted at kolkatta. Well, it did in some sense and yet life flows. Inner journey took a year to sink in and understand deeper stuff… work in progress forever. But the compelling break seems...

Next few days flew at Kolkatta and Ranjana my next co-traveler joined me. With the Kabir bliss flowing within, the wheels turned towards Jharkhand known also as Singhbhum- meaning land of lions. Hari uncle was our angel once again. When he heard that we were driving...

We head out to Vijaywada from Chennai covering a distance of almost 400 odd kms. in a day which is roughly an eight hour drive. At Vijaywada, we were hosted by Dineshbhai and family. Dineshbhai is a businessman who owns 8 multi-brand clothing stores across 4 cities...

Before I begin sharing about Bhubaneshwar, I wish to mention a special person – Hariji, who has been an integral part of the yatra and helped arrange for our visits to Vizag, Bhubaneshwar and Jharkhand. Hariji was concerned about us being on the highway in unknown...

Meera Maran, the Compassionate Entrepreneur By the time the Bhav Yatra reached Chennai, the mind had stopped interfering or planning about the coming day. All was in a perfect flow and there was no particular agenda in Chennai. Anant from Coimbatore had referred me to...

On our way to Anandashram we are hosted by Konark Rai’s parents in their farm. As we enter the farm we read the words “Fatherland” that caught attention. Upon asking Rai uncle shared that this word is given by Adolph hitler, it means a land with created with vigour...

Starting with Karma kitchen Bangalore trip was much promising and offered us bag full of surprises. We had a beautiful Awakin at Anupreet’s and Taranath’s home. A Kabir satsang hosted by Shabnam and deep conversations that we had with Susheel, Amma and Kapila at their...

From Chaka Manga Katiel, we headed off for Bangalore. We passed another forest area, the Nagarhole sanctuary for elephants and other wild life. We spotted many elephants and had to take breaks to allow them to cross the road first! We reached Bangalore by evening, the...

Upon reaching Maharashtra I am hosted at a place that resembles Safai vidyalaya. Here’s a family who has dedicated their lives in area of environment and sanitation. Shri Shrikant Naverkar runs a place by the name of Nirmal gram. They organize sanitation training...

A school without walls Have you heard of a school without walls? A school where kids decide what they want to study and create their own learning projects? We reach such a school amidst hills and natural beauty of sindhudurg area. We are given a tour of the school by...

What would you call peels of vegetables, leftover rotten food, used tea bags? If you say its waste, she retorts by saying “don’t call it waste, it is a natural resource”, she is Jyoti shah. Who has truly converted fruit and vegetable peels to fruit trees and vegetable...

Bhaav Jatra moves to interior parts of Saurashtra. The first day we have Satsang with an 80 year old man about who shared stories about his guru. At a remote place called Dhari that is in middle of the Gir forest we are hosted by a friend. One of their friends invited...

Ashrams near Narmada and co-traveler finding purpose in life at the border of Gujarat We go to an Ashram at Garudeshwar and meet an old dada who manages the whole place for past 40 years. As he’s sharing his journey he says all of us have one of the three paths in our...

Baroda offered a cozy stay with love that recharged the inner batteries to go ahead. At Arun dada’s home, a couple 60+ got super inspired and expressed their wish to become sahyaatri’s. So next day I proceed with 3 senior citizens as my co-travelers. The mind started...

The day of yaatra started with prayers by my parents and a bag full of goodies that they had to give to ensure that their child is taken care of! To start with I had a bad throat and was feeling a little physical fatigue. In my mind I thought God is checking if I am...

On a ‘self-discovery’, Sheetal Vaidya drove 25,000 km across 12 states to connect to the soul of varied communities staying in remote areas Distance is just a mere illusion; we are all one and interconnected’ – with this bhav (feeling), Sheetal Vaidya, 39, undertook...

Recently a group of us friends had visited Kutch, a region that has been known for it’s harsh living conditions. The weather conditions are extreme – some of the world’s most arid regions and about ten years ago, it was hit by an earthquake that uprooted villages all...